This is a super easy origami butterfly for beginners. With fundamental folding steps within 20 inches, you can transfer a rectangular paper into a beautiful butterfly.
You can make a group of rainbow or gradient color scheme origami butterflies with different colors. We have tried three ways of making this simple and easy butterfly to outstanding.
- You can try with gradient Sydney paper. Those paper are super thin and thus can make the butterfly as light and beautiful. This is super great if you plan to make a origami butterfly wall art or mobile.
- Try to fold your butterfly with dedicate patterned papers, giving those creatures a well, natural and random look.
It is a front-viewing origami butterfly, so you can use it to attach it to a gift card or your gift box.
In addition to this easy and beginner-friendly butterfly tutorial, there is a more advanced butterfly model with more details on the body and tarsi.
New to origami? Start here from our beginner guide to learn the basics and how to read the step-by-step instructions.
- Folding time: 10 minutes
- Paper: 7.5×15 cm
- Difficulty: Easy, Beginner friendly
Material
Get a 7.5*15 cm origami paper with one purple and one white side, and you will get a 5.8*7.5 cm mini beautiful butterfly. You can also choose other colors of paper to your liking.
Easy Origami Butterfly Video
You can refer to the video and follow along to finish or follow our step-by-step picture tutorial.
Step by Step Instruction
Step 1
Start with the white side of the paper facing up and fold in half.
Step 2
Fold it in half again from left to right.
Step 3
Slightly open the bottom right corner, gently push it, and flatten, ensuring the crease is in the center.
Step 4
Flip it over.
Step 5
Use the same manner to open the right corner and flatten it.
Step 6
Take the right top layer, and fold it to the left diagonally.
Step 7
Flip the paper over again.
Step 8
Fold the right top layer to the left diagonally.
Step 9
Slightly open the paper from the top.
Step 10
Fold the back edge down.
Step 11
Flip it over again.
Step 12
Similarly, fold the back edge down.
Step 13
Close it.
Step 14
Fold the left part to the right along the center crease.
Step 15
Flip it over.
Step 16
Repeat this as in step 14.
Step 17
Slightly open the right corner.
Step 18
Gently press the top point of the corner down, then flatten it.
Step 19
Similarly, open the left corner.
Step 20
Then press it down and flatten it, now you have this beautiful butterfly.
Now we finished this simple but lovely origami butterfly. Although it does’t require complex folding technique, the shape is quite cute and lovely. You can further explore more animal origami ideas like origami crane, or origami frog. Happy folding.
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